Section 2 Intermediate 中级进阶

万用表达一览

□I wonder how 我想知道

□It's almost as if 好像

□sit back and enjoy it 坐好欣赏吧

□a fortune 价值不菲，很贵重，值一大笔钱

□You have no idea！ 好得/糟糕得你想象不到呢！

□Don't forget yours truly！ 别忘了你真诚的朋友！/别忘了我！

万用表达详解

1. I wonder how

释 I think about how 我想知道

例 I wonder if we'll be back in time for dinner. I'm starving.我想知道我们能否赶得及回去吃晚饭，我都要饿死了。

2. It's almost as if

释 It is almost like 好像

例 He's not himself lately. It's almost as if he's given it up.最近他不太对劲，他好像要放弃了。

3. sit back and enjoy it

释 relax and enjoy 坐好欣赏吧

例 Just sit back and enjoy the show.坐好欣赏表演吧。

4. a fortune

释 very valuable 价值不菲，很贵重，值一大笔钱

例 Jenny: I heard about the fire at your place. You must have lost a fortune.

珍妮：我听说你那里起火了，你肯定损失了很多吧！

Tom: You don't know the half of it!

汤姆：你都不知道有多惨啊！

5. You have no idea!

释 You can't even imagine how good/bad it was！好得/ 糟糕得你想象不到呢！

例 Jenny: I heard the neighbors were causing a racket last night.珍妮：我听说邻居们昨晚大吵大闹。

Tom: You have no idea!

汤姆：吵得你都想象不到呢！

6. Don't forget yours truly!

释 Don't forget me！别忘了你真诚的朋友！/别忘了我！

例 When you hit the jackpot, don't forget yours truly!

你中了头奖时，可别忘了你的哥们儿啊！

实用对话场景

Jenny:Hey,Spiderman's on TV.

Tom: The movie or the cartoon?

Jenny: The cartoon. Don't worry. It's not for babies. It's for teenagers.

Tom:OK.Wow!It's very realistic.I wonder how they do that.It's almost as if he's really scaling those walls.You can see his muscles flexing, and everybody moving very naturally.

Jenny: Everybody's talking about it. I think they use real actors to simulate the movements. I'm really not sure how they do it. Let's just sit back and enjoy it.

Tom: You know I have almost every Spiderman comic ever issued. Jenny:Really?They must be worth a fortune.

Tom:You have no idea!

Jenny:Hey,when you're a millionaire,don't forget yours truly.

珍妮：嘿，电视上在播《蜘蛛侠》。

汤姆：电影还是卡通片？

珍妮：卡通片。别担心，不是给小孩看的，是给青少年看的。

汤姆：好的。哇！很逼真啊。我不知道他们怎么做到的，好像他真的在爬那些墙，你还能看到他的肌肉收缩，每个人的动作都很自然！

珍妮：每个人都在谈论这个呢。我想他们是用真的演员去模拟这些动作的，我真的搞不清他们是怎么做到的，我们坐下来好好欣赏吧。

汤姆：你知道，几乎每一部发行过的《蜘蛛侠》漫画我都有。

珍妮：真的吗？那一定很值钱。

汤姆：多得你都想象不到呢！

珍妮：嘿，你成了百万富翁之后，可别忘了你的哥们儿啊。

跨文化交际小常识

咖啡的历史可以追溯到9世纪，并被看成是一种超越文化和时代限制、促进社会交往的催化剂。最初埃塞俄比亚人（Ethiopian）发现了咖啡豆，阿拉伯（Arabian）商人将其带往中东地区，并在15世纪传播到埃及（Egypt）、也门（Yemen）、波斯（Persia）、土耳其（Turkey）和北非（North Africa）。接着穆斯林商人把这些豆子带往繁荣的港口城市威尼斯，并将其卖给富有的意大利商人。很快，荷兰引进咖啡豆并在爪哇（Java）、锡兰（Ceylon）（大多是奴隶劳动）等地开始种植。大不列颠东印度贸易公司（The British East India Trading Company）将这种饮料在英国普及开来。经过一系列的传播和发展，咖啡遍及欧洲，并最终来到美国。